Antivir and AV-Comparatives

Hey guys, I have a question about the FREE vs. Premium/paid versions of Antivir. In this thread at the AV-Comparatives forum, the poster states that rootkits are "othermalware" and keyloggers are in "trojans" in their testing. Now, I know the main difference between the 2 versions of Antivir is the paid version has spyware/adware detection. Does that mean the free version will or will not pick up rootkits and keyloggers as in the AV-Comparatives testing. Because Antivir basically cleaned up in the latest testing! Thanks

One other dumb unrelated question: when creating a hyperlink, most message boards first pop-up a box to enter the complete URL, then another box pops up to type in whatever name you want to give the address (like "this" above). However, this board doesn't do the second pop up box. Is that normal? I just reinstalled my system (after hard drive failure) via True image so every little quirk scares me

question: when creating a hyperlink, most message boards first pop-up a box to enter the complete URL, then another box pops up to type in whatever name you want to give the address (like "this" above). However, this board doesn't do the second pop up box. Is that normal? I just reinstalled my system (after hard drive failure) via True image so every little quirk scares me

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Only dumb question is one not asked

Yes, that is how it is done here and a lot of other sites (excepting AntiVir Forum, where they want discription first).

Look at the text and you will see a 'highlighted area' and do script there.

There are no holes to poke in this product, not intentionally trying to sound like a cheerleader but they are going about it the way you would want. It will be awhile but I still think this product will rise to follow Eset, which is the leader in heuristic ability.

I believe Antivir, (like almost all AV's) does detect some rootkits in real-time before they are running, if it has a signature for them (or by heuristics). But if a rootkit is installed and running on your system it will be invisible to AV's then you would need an anti-rootkit, like avira's beta.

Well, I have had two False Positives since install of Version 7 in February and I keep the Heuristic Detection Level settings on 'High'.

First was a GTek\GTUpdate\AUpdate\Channels\ch4\HTML\html\index.htm found in one Document Folder and it had been renamed upon detection.

The second detection by Version 7 (C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\Apitrap.dll) had also been found in six other locations and none of them were removed or re-named.

Both of the above were resolved by AVIRA shortly after my submission, however prior to my submission of the second, found that it completely froze the WinXP system,
needing to boot in safe and turn the Guard's HEUR down from High to Medium Detection Level to restore operation.